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◇ Catalog #129

Rakdos the Defiler

dis·#129·rare·foil

Illus. Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai

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May '06

20 yr ago

Value

$19.50+$1 (+4.2%)

30 days high $19 · low $17

NM$18.5

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$17–$20modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $19low $0.02range 92400.0%n 53

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #16,138 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$19

Nonfoil$1.59

Gameplay

Legendary Creature — Demon

Flying, trample Whenever Rakdos attacks, sacrifice half the non-Demon permanents you control, rounded up. Whenever Rakdos deals combat damage to a player, that player sacrifices half the non-Demon permanents they control of their choice, rounded up.

7/6

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2006-05-01wotc

A permanent with the subtype Demon, including Rakdos the Defiler itself, can't be sacrificed this way.

2006-05-01wotc

To calculate the number of permanents that must be sacrificed, count the number of permanents the affected player controls that don't have the subtype Demon, then divide that number in half and round up. For example, a player who controls eleven non-Demon permanents will need to sacrifice six of them.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $18.50. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $18.50 across 53 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from DIS — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #129 of *Dissension*, the set that shipped alongside the May 2006 Dissension release.

Card type: Legendary Creature — Demon, color identity black/red, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2}{B}{B}{R}{R} (6 converted). Keyword abilities: Flying and Trample.

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #16,138 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai. Rarix catalogs 538 other cards credited to this artist.